Holder for insertible magazines.



H. BORGHARDT.

HOLDER Fon INSERTIBLB MAGAZINES.

APPLIUATION FILED HOY. 3, 1910.

' Patented Apr. 18, 19114.

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HUGO noacnaanr, or cHAaLoirrENBUite, GERMANY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1911.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGO BORGHARDT, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at No. 31 Kantstrasse, Charlottenburg, Germany, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Holders for InsertibleMagazines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved holder for insertible maga-zines,which is so arranged that it grips the insertible magazine at its sideswhereby a loosening of the holder under the influence of the recoil iscompletely prevented. For this purpose, the holder is in the form of aspring U-shaped yoke, which engages in the sides of the in sertiblemagazine by means of projections provided on the legs of the yoke andextending through the stationary magazine casing.

A constructional form of the invention is shown in the accompanyingdrawing by Way of example.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation partly in sectionof the middle partof the fire arm; Fig. 2 shows the magazine casing with the insertiblemagazine and the holder in horizontal cross-sections; Fig. 3 is the samesection as Fig. 2, the holder, however, being out of engagement with theinsertible magazine.

As already stated, the holder It is in the form of a U-shaped yoke,whose spring legs engage or embrace that part of the magazine casing gwhich projects below the stock, the part 1n front of the magazine casingbeing free and serving as a grip or pressure piece.

for operating the holder. The free ends of the legs of the yoke areprovided with projections h which extend through holes of the stationarymagazine casing g and engage in corresponding lateral depressions or recesses m of the insertible magazine.

The operation of the holder, which is under the influence of a spring fis effected by a simple displacement in the longitudinal di rection(rearwardly) by which displacement as shown in Fig. Bthe projections itwhich are beveled on their rear faces are brou ht.

out of engagement with the corresponding in order that the engagementmay also be maintained against the recoil.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis 1. In a fire-arm, the combination with a magazine casing, of meansfor engaging an insertible cartridge magazine or clip, said meanscomprising a spring yoke having arms engaging the sides of the cartridgeclip.

2. In a fire-arm, the combination with a magazine casing, of means forengaging an insertible cartridge magazine or clip, said means comprisinga spring yoke having arms embracing the magazine casing and projectingthrough the sides of the magazine casing to engage the sides of thecartridge clip.

3. In a firearm, the combination with a magazine casing, of means forengaging an insertible cartridge magazine or clip, said means comprisinga spring yoke having arms embracing the magazine casing, movablelongitudinally with relation to the magazine casing, and havingprojections projecting through the sides of the magazine casing toengage the sides of the cartridge clip, and means for disengaging thearms of said spring yoke from the cartridge clip when the yoke is movedlongitudinally.

4. In a tire-arm, the combination with a magazine casing, of means forengaging an insertible cartridge magazine or clip, said means comprisinga spring yoke having arms embracing the magazine casing, movablelongitudinally with relation to the magazine casing and having beveledprojections projecting through the magazine casing to en gage the sidesof the cartridge cup and adapted, when moved longitudinally, to bedisengaged from the cartridge clip by the engagement of said beveledprojections with a part of the magazine casing.

5. In a firearm, the combination with a magazine casing, of means `forengaging an 'insertible cartridge magazine or clip, said 6. In a firearm the combination of a In Witness whereof, I have hereunto signedmagazine caslng, and a catch device for holdmy name in the presence oftwo subscribing lo ing arr lisertible magazine therein, said de-Witnesses. l Y vice beingv adapted to engage and disengage said magazineby inward and outward move- HUGO BORGHARDT' ments, and means for somoving said device Witnesses:

When the latter is moved in -a plane at right yROBERT MIGHALSKI, anglesto lts inward and outward movements. A

WOLDEMAR HAUPT.

Copies of this patent may be 'obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

